The archaeology group, unlike the others, is only active when there is a specific project. Over the past 10 years, Bill Smyllie, past Chairman, and Geoffrey Hartland have succeeded in obtaining several grants, and Geoffrey Hartland has organised the volunteers for each of these. These projects have added greatly to our knowledge of the archaeology of the Woods, and have also trained the volunteers in the appropriate procedures.
One of the conditions of each of these grants was the employment of a profesional archaeologist, to oversee and train the volunteers. For all these projects, the archaeologist was John Pouncett, of ASE, who also produced the reports.
The projects were:
Ecclesall Woods
South Yorkshire
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